With the recent murder of polish politician, Paweł Adamowicz - who was killed by insane murderer with knife, i think i should speak my opinion - even if this will bring unwanted attention to me.
Uninformed voices in tv, internet & in other media blame mentally-ill people too much, i think.
... i am a mad person as well, i trained martial arts - including knife combat, as well.
In Poland it's not against the law for mad people to have knife or a nonlethal gas gun, but owning a firearm requires permit which isn't given to mentally ill, as far as i know. My father was animal hunter, owned some rifles in a gun-safe - and when he ended in psychiatric hospital, these were confiscated from him.
Judging from my experience and contact with other mad or insane people, i think that a small percentage of us are dangerous, others are mostly victims of uninformed & prejudiced parts of our society. Thankfully most of people who know that i am mad, treat me kindly.
Most of people do not know what insanity is, what are symptoms of mental illness.
Aggression & violence are not associated with mental ilness, most of mad people are shy and introverted - but not everyone.
When someone has violent/aggressive personality, however, these - when combined with insanity-induced delusions & detachment from reality - can result in dangerous behaviour.
Martial Arts are also misunderstood by the most. Goal of Martial Arts isn't violence, it's about defeating one's own weaknesses, it's about being a better person than day earlier. A well-trained person does not have any need to prove his or her strength, he or she knows his or her value, is not afraid of avoiding combat, is not afraid of being called 'coward'. Better combat training allows one to win combats without excessive use of force, to subdue enemies without harming them too much.
